Functional Anatomy of the Cetacean Reproductive System, with Comparisons to the Domestic Dog

Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Cetacea: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 127-146

  Rommel, Sentiel A ^a   Pabst, D Ann ^b   McLellan, William A ^b  

^a FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/b11001-7     Document Type: Chapter

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